News brief: Big stories of the day
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Pakistan has lost three key positions in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government failed to finalise a candidate for the post of ambassador at the world body.
Iranian naval forces have seized a "foreign vessel" in the Gulf, state news agency IRNA reported Sunday, in the country's third such seizure in a month.
Two mass shootings in the United States have left 29 people dead within 24 hours, the latest such attacks in a nation torn over how to tackle gun violence.
A gunman armed with an assault rifle killed 20 people Saturday when he opened fire on shoppers at a packed Walmart store in El Paso, Texas.
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Sunday successfully flight-tested Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) air defence system at Balasore flight test range.
Australia's Steve Smith scored the second hundred of his comeback Test when he reached three figures against England in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston.